Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-04
Wv 1--WE 20, Positions in authority One must
nc subordinate TO the other.
MOVE To INCREASE Fxprxsrs

L Nv -, l,oSl'lons IN authority. One must
VIC subordinate TO the other.
MOVE TO INCREASE EXPENSES
Mr.. Pizzini moved that man boom.
piol'd to handle the cart and take c,rs
OF the horse. '''' '"N' = "a
Noiohei Cutshaw thought this n niece
va '3S,,raNagance. He did not think If
would require three men to take carr Of
one morse, and an extra man would cost
about $3.50 n day.
Mr' Nnoad moved as a substitute that
inc morse and cart be turned over 10 the
Keeper OF Reservoir Park.
Chairman Render: Does your mo.
non, Mr.. Snoad, mean to Mr.. Calder or
Mr.. De Priest ?"
Mr.. Snoad: "That is for tbc chair.
man OF the committee 70 decide"
1t vas decided that he referred 70 Mr.
He Inost, and the motion was agreed
TO. "o''0"
Mr. Snoad also moved that Colonel
'utshaw Toe directed to treat the keeper
81 The New reservoir as he would treat
NE Keeper OF other parks. Carried.
ADJOURN AND MEET AGAIN.
The committee then adjourned. but
tciorc the members had left the room
Colonel Cutshaw, who had said a few
words TO Mr.. De Priest, asked that the
committee be called together again. for
Mr.. DE Priest had refused 10 take
charge OF the horse and cart. The
Colonel then said that as the committee
adJourncd he had told Mr.. De Priest TO
take charge Of the horse and cart to-
morrow morning, but he had said he
would not do IT. "Ihis seems to me o
case for the committee t. act on at
once.
MIR. DE Priest rose and said he had
refused because hc knew nothing about
horses, and he was a cripple and not
physically able to perform the duty put
upon HIM.
WILL STAND so NONSENSE.
Colonel Cutshaw said ne had always
taken great pride in the parks of the
city, and hc had always maintained TINT
keepers should be nrserymcn. 1t did
seem strange that the committee should
drift toward the selection Of unskillod
keepers. When the new keeper of
Monroe Park had been selected me had
urged the appointment of q nursery
mon there, and had favored the same
thing at the New reservoir 81 want
mo- nonsense IN this matter if ! am 10
have anything TO DO with it, said the
Colonel. If the Keepers are put I'M
der me and are unwilling to obey my
Instructions. ] am going TO dismiss
them forthwith As an officer OF the
city ! shall expect obedience"
PRECEDENT.
Chairman Render: "Ias it been
the custom in the past for nmscrymen
10 hc keepers Of parkS?'
City Engineer Cutshaw: Yes
Whom the first kcoucr of Monroe Pari,
was appointed ] made the appointment
myself of Wursryman. such "a thing
as this, though q keeper refusing to
obey my instructions is without pre-
cedent.'
Keeper DE Priest Have you any
fau.t, Colonel. 10 find Wth the way
have kept the park?
City Engineer; = don't know much
about IT, have no particular com
Ilaint to make
DE Priest "Why should the care of
the horse and the boats apd all the
other work hc put upon me when Mr..
Calder is required t. q, nothing?'
Mr. Snoad: "Bccau-a You are keeper
of Reservoir Park. We are discussing
the Keeper of the Park, not Mr.
Calder"
Nh Crenshaw here raised the point |
that further talk WAS useless, as Mr. |
ri2zim. who had been present before |
thc committee was adjourned. had not |
been present since its rcconycning.
The point was considered good, and |
.o the committee adjourned without
action.
Sotbe matter pcuds Mr.. De Priest
refuses to obey the instructions OF the
City Engineer What viii joe the out
rome of this matter is open to surmise.